By Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
A seated female figure with her arms behind her head, facing left, for the reclining figure of Venus in the early version of Laus Veneris (in Praise of Venus)
Black chalk on paper
1861 circa
Dimensions: 30.2 cm x 25.3 cm
Collection Categories
Drawings and studies, Works on Paper / Vellum
Signed and dated in sepia ink: EBJ to E. E. N. / Feb. 1873

Signed and dated in sepia ink: EBJ to E. E. N. / Feb. 1873

13/11/2022
Owner Dates Owned Further Info. and Accession no. circa
Art Institute of Chicago 1922 1922.5703 Gift of James Viles
James W Viles 1922
Title Author/Editor Year Page No. & Illustrations Attachments
The Evolution of a Collection: Drawings in Cleveland JOURNAL ARTICLE The Evolution of a Collection: Drawings in Cleveland Diane De Grazia 2000
The Last Pre-Raphaelite, Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination Fiona MacCarthy 2011
pp. 188, 197, 285, 424
Edward Burne-Jones part 9, Art & Artists Paul Webb 2020